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For a VFR flight in uncontrolled airspace at or below 1000 ft above ground level during daytime, the applicable weather minima are…

  • A

    5 km visibility and 1500 m horizontal separation from cloud

  • B

    5 km visibility and clear of cloud

  • C

    1.5 km visibility and 500 ft vertical separation from cloud

  • D

    8 km visibility and clear of cloud

Refer to figure.
Uncontrolled airspace includes airspace class F and G. At and below 3000 feet above MSL, or 1000 feet above terrain, whichever is the higher, forward flight visibility should be at least 5 km and the aircraft should fly clear of cloud and with the surface in sight.

SA CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS
PART 91: GENERAL AVIATION AND OPERATING FLIGHT RULES
91.06.21 Visibility and distance from cloud

(1) Every VFR flight shall be so conducted that the aircraft is flown with visual reference to the surface by day and to identifiable objects by night and at no time above more than three eighths of cloud within a radius of five nautical miles of such aircraft and

(a) in the case of aircraft excluding helicopters operating under conditions of visibility and distance from cloud equal to, or greater than, the conditions specified in tables 1 and 2.

Table 2

Airspace class

Altitude band

Forward Flight visibility

Distance from cloud

C F G

At and above 10 000 feet above MSL

8 km

1500 m horizontally
1000 ft vertically

C F G

Below 10 000 feet AMSL and above 3000 ft above MSL,
or above 1000 feet above terrain, whichever is the higher

5 km

1500 m horizontally
1000 ft vertically

C

At and below 3000 feet above MSL, 
or 1000 feet above terrain, whichever is the higher

5 km

1500 m horizontally
1000 ft vertically

F G

5 km

Clear of cloud and 
with the surface in sight

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